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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2009-06-11 09:01:14 +0300
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2009-06-11 09:01:14 +0300
commitcf9fe114e3b37e14fc8434d5abb192e35df551b1 (patch)
tree0f82879295dc792f9df1a3ce79e143a3c073510f /drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
parentc1d0d32a603ed06377f404adf2c538de33bb3634 (diff)
parent991ec02cdca33b03a132a0cacfe6f0aa0be9aa8d (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index 2ecd95e4ab1..7a74d175287 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ static unsigned int dbs_enable; /* number of CPUs using this policy */
* (like __cpufreq_driver_target()) is being called with dbs_mutex taken, then
* cpu_hotplug lock should be taken before that. Note that cpu_hotplug lock
* is recursive for the same process. -Venki
+ * DEADLOCK ALERT! (2) : do_dbs_timer() must not take the dbs_mutex, because it
+ * would deadlock with cancel_delayed_work_sync(), which is needed for proper
+ * raceless workqueue teardown.
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(dbs_mutex);
@@ -542,7 +545,7 @@ static inline void dbs_timer_init(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *dbs_info)
static inline void dbs_timer_exit(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *dbs_info)
{
dbs_info->enable = 0;
- cancel_delayed_work(&dbs_info->work);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dbs_info->work);
}
static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,